City of Portland Issues Guide for Social Cannabis Consumption

Just in time for 4/20, the city of Portland has created a handy PDF with regulations and recommendations around social cannabis consumption.

It’s no secret that social cannabis consumption is one of the toughest issues facing the burgeoning marijuana market. Though it’s legal to buy and consume cannabis in several states, you can’t use it in public, or in your hotel room, or at cannabis events, or in public housing… This quandary leaves many consumers, both locals and visitors, without a safe, sanctioned spot to enjoy their cannabis.

But, perhaps to celebrate the cannabis community’s high holiday, the city of Portland has issued a guide for social consumption of cannabis. Explicitly not legal or business advice, this helpful infographic enumerates both regulations and recommendations for the social consumption of cannabis in Rip City.

The document doesn’t offer any new rules, but rather presents a pathway to navigate existing laws. Social consumption is a grey area, at best. This guide is Portland’s attempt to clarify. They let you know what’s law and what’s suggestion, even citing regulations. Their graphic also breaks down a lot of info into three simple categories – location, consumption, and guests – making it easy to digest and understand.

Portland hasn’t completely elucidated the issue, but they’ve given us some good guidelines. Thanks for seeing the need and taking this on, City of Portland Cannabis Program!

Jenn Lauder is a media maker, content creator, community builder, and marketing strategist in the cannabis space. Se has a decade of experience as a progressive, anti-bias educator in independent and public schools and spent five years at nonprofits offering services and advocacy for children and families. Jenn is half of the founding team of Weekend Review Kit, a cannabis review and lifestyle site; has written for numerous print and online media outlets; and directs marketing and advocacy efforts for an herbal products company. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wesleyan University and attended graduate school at Harvard University and Goddard College. Of Jenn’s many jobs, her favorite is being a mama to her nine-year-old daughter.